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John Glover Biography (1944-)

Born August 7, 1944, in Kingston, NY (some sources says Salisbury, MD); son of John S. (a television salesman) and Cade (maiden name, Mullins) Glover. Addresses: Agent: Innovative Artists, 1505 Tenth St., Santa Monica, CA, 90401.; Manager: Teitelbaum Artists Group, 8840 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills,CA 90211.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor

Birth Details

August 7, 1944

Kingston, New York, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• (Stage debut) Eugene Gant, Look Homeward, Angel, Barter Theatre, Abingdon, VA, 1963
• Godfrey, A Scent of Flowers, Martinique Theatre, New York City, 1969
• Prince Myshkin, Subject to Fits, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, New York City, 1971
• Ronnie, The House of Blue Leaves, Truck and Warehouse Theatre, NewYork City, 1971
• William Brown, The Great God Brown, New Phoenix Company, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1972
• Pierrot, Don Juan, New Phoenix Company, Lyceum Theatre, 1972
• Ward Nichols, The Selling of the President, Shubert Theatre, New York City, 1972
• Teacher, The Visit, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City, 1973
• Planteloup, Chemin de Fer, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1973
• Johnny Case, Holiday, Ethel Barrymore Theatre, 1973
• Dr. Samuel Sutler, Rebel Women, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public/Newman Theatre, New York City, 1976
• Algernon Moncrieff, The Importance of Being Earnest, Circle in theSquare, New York City, 1977
• Patrick, Treats, Hudson Guild Theatre, New York City, 1977
• A Man for All Seasons, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1979
• Henry Clerval, Frankenstein, Palace Theatre, New York City, 1981
• Hedda Gabler, Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1981
• John Wilkes Booth, Booth, South Street Theatre, New York City, 1982
• The Doctor's Dilemma, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1982
• A Doll's House, Yale Repertory Theatre, 1982
• Roger Dashwell, Whodunnit, Biltmore Theatre, New York City, 1982-1983
• Renfro, Criminal Minds, Production Company, New York City, 1984
• Leo, Design for Living, Circle in the Square, 1984
• Roman, "The Fairy Garden," Linda Her and the Fairy Garden, SecondStage Theatre, New York City, 1984
• Nelson Worth, Digby, Manhattan Theatre Club, Space at City Center,New York City, 1985
• Jerome, Henceforward, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, LosAngeles, 1991-1992
• John, Lips Together, Teeth Apart, Center Theatre Group, Mark TaperForum, 1992-1993
• John Jeckyll and James Jeckyll, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Stage I, Manhattan Theatre Club, 1994-1995, then Walter Kerr Theatre, New York City,1995
• Jeffrey, Oblivion Postponed, Second Stage Theatre, 1995-1996
• Tartuffe, Tartuffe: Born Again, Circle in the Square Uptown, New York City, 1996
• Tom Connolly, Give Me Your Answer, Do!, Gramercy Theatre, New YorkCity, 1999-2000
• The Cherry Orchard, McCarter Theater, Princeton, NJ, 2000
• Hans Christian Andersen, American Conservatory Theatre, Geary Theatre, San Francisco, CA, 2000
• Title role, Tom Walker, Arena Stage-Fichandler Stage, Washington,DC, 2001
• Dawid, Sorrows and Rejoicings, Second Stage Theatre, 2002
• Also appeared in The Government Inspector, off-Broadway production; The Country Wife; The Misanthrope; The Miser.
• Stage Appearances; Major Tours
• Appeared as Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, U.S. cities.
• Film Appearances
• Johnnie, Shamus (also known as Passion for Danger), Columbia, 1972
• Actor boyfriend, Annie Hall, United Artists, 1977
• Sammy, Julia, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1977
• Hubert Little, Somebody Killed Her Husband, Columbia, 1978
• Richard Peabody, Last Embrace, United Artists, 1979
• Ernst, The American Success Company (also known as American Success, The Ringer, and Success), Columbia, 1979
• Nathan Wyeth, The Mountain Men, Columbia, 1980
• Second attorney Freese, Melvin and Howard, Universal, 1980
• Ackroyd, Brubaker, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980
• Tom Keller, The Incredible Shrinking Woman, Universal, 1981
• Walter, A Little Sex, Universal, 1982
• Paul Briggs, U.S. Embassy, The Evil That Men Do, TriStar, 1984
• Ross Halley, A Flash of Green, Spectrafilm, 1985
• Wynn Scott, White Nights, Columbia, 1985
• Sheb Sheppard, A Killing Affair (also known as My Sister's Keeper), Hemdale, 1986
• Alan Raimy, 52 Pick-Up, Cannon, 1986
• Mr. Fred Niceman, Willy/Milly (also known as I Was a Teenage Boy and Something Special), Concorde/Cinema Group, 1987
• Tony Gateworth, Masquerade, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988
• Rolo Rockwell, Rocket Gibraltar, Columbia, 1988
• Brother Leon, The Chocolate War, Management Company EntertainmentGroup, 1988
• Brice Cummings, Scrooged, Paramount, 1988
• Henry Hollowhead, Meet the Hollowheads (also known as Life on the Edge), Moviestore, 1989
• Eric Hochmann, Home (short film), 1989
• Magnavolt salesperson, Robocop 2, Orion, 1990
• Daniel Clamp, Gremlins 2: The New Batch (also known as Gremlins2), Warner Bros., 1990
• Dora Was Dysfunctional (short film), 1993
• A. J. Pattie, Ed and His Dead Mother (also known as Bon Appetit, Mama and Motherhood), Fox Video, 1993
• Stol, Kiosk, 1993
• Saperstein, In the Mouth of Madness (also known as John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness), New Line Cinema, 1995
• John Jeckyll and James Jeckyll, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Fine Line, 1997
• Dr. Jason Woodrue, Batman and Robin, Warner Bros., 1997
• Bennett Hale, The Broken Giant, Blue Guitar Films, 1999
• Phil, Payback, Paramount, 1999
• Richard the director, Macbeth in Manhattan, Plus Films, 1999
• Sam, Dead Broke, 1999
• Yuri Moskivin, On Edge, Little Engine Productions, 2001
• Bill Gates, Mid-Century, 2002
• Ralph, Tricks, 2003
• Ogden, The Civilization of Maxwell Bright, 2003
• Oleen, Sweet Union (short film), 2004
• Also appeared in Doruk, [Iraq]; Av.
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Vargas, Search for Tomorrow, NBC, 1983-1984
• Roberts, South Beach, NBC, 1993
• The devil, Brimstone, Fox, 1998
• Voice of the Riddler (Edward Nygma), a recurring role, Batman Beyond (animated), 1999-
• Lionel Luthor, a recurring role, Smallville (also known as Smallville Beginnings and Smallville: Superman the Early Years), The WB, 2001-
• Miniseries
• William Walton, Kennedy, NBC, 1983
• Scanlon Jackson, Rage of Angels (also known as Sidney Sheldon'sRage of Angels), NBC, 1983
• General Charles Lee, George Washington, CBS, 1984
• Richard Behrens, Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder (also knownas Nutcracker), NBC, 1987
• Max Brodsky, Twist of Fate (also known as Pursuit), NBC, 1989
• Leonardo da Vinci, A Season of Giants (also known as Michelangelo: The Last Giant), TNT, 1991
• Sergeant Harold Perkerson, Grass Roots, NBC, 1992
• Lloyd "Loco" Garrison, Drug Wars: The Cocaine Cartel, NBC, 1992
• Rogers Henry, Medusa's Child, ABC, 1997
• Movies
• Under This Sky, 1979
• Clifford, The Face of Rage, ABC, 1983
• Pierre Lafitte, Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter, ABC, 1984
• Victor DiMato, An Early Frost, NBC, 1985
• Philip Purness, Apology, HBO, 1986
• Dobbins, Moving Target, NBC, 1988
• Charles Rothenberg, David, ABC, 1988
• Algernon Emmaus, Hot Paint, CBS, 1988
• Dr. Walter Gerber, Breaking Point, TNT, 1989
• Chick Beeler, Traveling Man, HBO, 1989
• Preacher, El Diablo, HBO, 1990
• Russell Blake, Dead on the Money, TNT, 1991
• Billy Cork, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (also known as What Ever Happened to ... ?), ABC, 1991
• Brady "Mac" Mackin, Majority Rule, Lifetime, 1992
• Major Asa Bird Gardiner, Assault at West Point (also known as Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker and The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker), Showtime, 1994
• Goddard Marx, Automatic, HBO, 1995
• Derek Mills, Night of the Running Man, HBO, 1995
• Victor Kraft, Schemes, 1995
• Ben Hamil and Dr. Armand Drake, Dead by Midnight, ABC, 1997
• Anthony Prosper, The Tempest, NBC, 1998
• Specials
• Mr. Stewart, "Don't Touch," ABC Afterschool Special, ABC, 1985
• Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim, HBO, 1987
• Dr. Thomas Stockman, An Enemy of the People, PBS, 1990
• Narrator, Haunted History (documentary), History Channel, 1999
• Narrator, Haunted Tombstone (documentary), History Channel, 2000
• Narrator, Haunted Savannah (documentary), History Channel, 2000
• Narrator, Haunted Philadelphia (documentary), History Channel, 2000
• Narrator, Haunted Nevada (documentary), History Channel, 2000
• Narrator, Haunted London (documentary), History Channel, 2000
• Narrator, Haunted Key West (documentary), History Channel, 2000
• Narrator, Haunted Hollywood (documentary), History Channel, 2000
• Narrator, Haunted Edinburgh (documentary), History Channel, 2000
• Narrator, The Haunted Rockies (documentary), History Channel, 2001
• Narrator, Haunted Maine (documentary), History Channel, 2001
• Narrator, Haunted Chicago (documentary), History Channel, 2001
• Narrator, Haunted Caribbean (documentary), History Channel, 2001
• Pilots
• Gary Hyndman, Snoops, ABC, 1999
• Episodic
• Billy Jo Sparrow, "Elegy in an Asphalt Graveyard," Kojak, 1975
• Alien ambassador, "A Small Talent for War," The Twilight Zone, CBS, 1986
• Franz Mueller, "One White Rose for Death," Murder, She Wrote, CBS,1986
• Andrew Durbin, "When Thieves Fall Out," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1987
• Steve Duddy, "Lend Me an Ear," Miami Vice, 1987
• Mike Sayles, Molly's second cousin from Baltimore, "Here's a Bunch of Photos from an Old Album," The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, NBC, 1988
• Mike Sayles, Molly's second cousin from Baltimore, "Here's a Side Effectof Serious Moonlight," The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, NBC, 1988
• Mike Sayles, Molly's second cousin from Baltimore, "Here's a Little NightMusic," The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, NBC, 1989
• Mike Sayles, Molly's second cousin from Baltimore, "Here's Why You ShouldLock Your Bathroom Door," The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, NBC, 1989
• "Striptease," The Hitchhiker, USA Network, 1989
• Dr. Paul Kohler, "God Rest Ye Murray Gentleman," L.A. Law, NBC, 1990
• Mike Sayles, Molly's second cousin from Baltimore, "Here's a Good Excusefor Missing the Party," The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, NBC, 1991
• Undertaker, "Undertaking Pallor," Tales from the Crypt, 1991
• Bill Abernathy, "They Shoot Ducks, Don't They?," American Dreamer,1991
• Voice of the Riddler (Edward Nygma), "If You're So Smart, Why Aren't YouRich?," Batman: The Animated Series (animated; also known as Batman and The Adventures of Batman & Robin), Fox, 1992
• Voice of the Riddler (Edward Nygma), "What Is Reality?," Batman: The Animated Series (animated; also known as Batman and The Adventures of Batman & Robin), Fox, 1992
• Voice of the prosecutor, Dinosaurs, ABC, 1992
• Voice of Lucius, Dinosaurs, ABC, 1992
• Walter, "Silent Towns," The Ray Bradbury Theatre, USA Network, 1992
• Verad, "Invasive Procedures," Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, syndicated, 1993
• Ned Miller, "Oops," Frasier, NBC, 1993
• Voice of Rasputin, "Nothing but the Tooth," Animaniacs (animated;also known as Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs), Fox and the WB, 1993
• Voice of the Riddler (Edward Nygma), "Riddler's Reform," Batman: The Animated Series (animated; also known as Batman and The Adventures of Batman & Robin), Fox, 1994
• Voice of the babysitter, Dinosaurs, ABC, 1994
• Adrian Carr, "Hilary Booth, Registered Nurse," Remember WENN, AMC,1996
• Hilton Traynor, "Caroline and the Dearly Departed," Caroline in the City, NBC, 1997
• Jack Fleetwood, "Fool's Gold," Dead Man's Gun, Showtime, 1997
• Nelson Broyles, "Lies and Other Truths," Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as Homicide and H: LOTS), NBC, 1998
• Voice of Tycoon, "Pinky's Turn/Your Friend: Global Domination," Pinkyand the Brain (animated), The WB, 1998
• Max Demming, "Objects Are Closer Than They Appear," Chicago Hope,CBS, 1998
• Voice of the Riddler (Edward Nygma), "Knight Time," Superman (animated; also known as Superman: The Animated Series), The WB, 1998
• Voice of the Riddler (Edward Nygma), "Judgment Day," Batman: Gotham Knights (animated; also known as The New Adventures of Batman), TheWB, 1998
• Angel, "It's a Helluva Life," Brimstone, Fox, 1999
• Fate, "Waiting," Get Real, Fox, 2000
• Bobby, "End Game," Arli$$, HBO, 2002
• Also appeared as Bob Sears, The Wright Verdicts, CBS; Dennis Atwood, Crime and Punishment, NBC; voice, Round the Bend; voices, "The Blackest Poison," Legend of Prince Valiant (animated).
• RECORDINGS
• Taped Readings
• Stephen L. Hupp's Apaches, 1997
• Also read Clive Barker's The Thief of Always.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Back Stage, January 20, 1995, pp. 5-7; May 24, 1996, pp. 17-18
• Entertainment Weekly, June 27, 1997, p. 97; December 18, 1998, p.60